Reviewed articles

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Articles in reviewed journals

2012

Binz, C., Truffer, B. (2012). Technological Innovation systems in multiscalar space: Analyzing an emerging water recycling industry with social network analysis. Geographica Helvetica, 66 (4), 254-260.

Binz, C. and Truffer, B., Li, L., Shi, Y., Lu, Y. (2012). Leapfrogging in Infrastructure. Conceptualizing leapfrogging with spatially coupled innovation systems: The case of onsite wastewater treatment in China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Volume 79, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 155-171.

Coenen, L., Truffer, B. (2012). Places and spaces of sustainability transitions: geographical contributions to an emerging research and policy field’. Introduction to the Special Issue Sustainalbility Transitions and the role for Geography. European Planning Studies 20 (3), 367-374.

Gebauer, H., Worch, H., Truffer, B. (2012). Absorptive capacity, learning processes and combinative capabilities as determinants of strategic innovation. European Management Journal Volume 30, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 57-73.

Gebauer, H. Truffer, B., Binz, C., Störmer, E. (2012). Business network formation for onsite wastewater treatment systems. European Business Review, 24(2), 169-190.

Hug, T. and Maurer, M. (2012). Stochastic modeling to identify requirements for centralized monitoring of distributed wastewater treatment. Water, Science and Technology 65(6), 1067-1075.

Kraemer, S. M., Mosler, H.-J. (2012). Effectiveness and Effects of Promotion Strategies for Behaviour Change: Solar Water Disinfection in Zimbabwe. Applied Psychology: An International Review.

Maurer, M., Bufardi, A., Tilley, E., Zurbrügg, C. and Truffer, B. (2012). A compatibility-based procedure designed to generate potential sanitation-system alternatives. Journal of Environmental Management, 104, 51-61.

Mosler, H.-J., Kraemer, S. (2012). Which psychological factors change when habitual water treatment practices alter? Journal of Public Health Vol. 20, No. 1, 71-79.

2011

Dominguez, D., Truffer, B., Gujer, W. (2011). Tackling uncertainties in infrastructure sectors through strategic planning -- The contribution of discursive approaches in the urban water sector. Water Policy, 13, 299-316.

Huber, A.C., Bhend, S., Mosler, H.-J. (2011). Determinants of exclusive consumption of fluoride-free water: a cross-sectional household study in rural Ethiopia.  Journal of Public Health.

Kraemer, S. M., Mosler, H.-J. (2011). Factors from the Transtheoretical Model differentiating between Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS) user groups. Journal of Health Psychology, 16(1), 126–136.

Larsen,T.A. (2011). Redesigning wastewater infrastructure to improve resource efficiency. Water Science and Technology. Vol. 63, No. 11, pp. 2535-2341.

Tobias, R., Berg, M. (2011). Sustainable use of arsenic-removing sand filters in Vietnam: psychological and social factors. Environmental Science & Technology, 45 (8), 3260–3267.

Tamas, A., Mosler, H.-J. (2011). Why Do People Stop Treating Contaminated Drinking Water With Solar Water Disinfection (SODIS)? Health Education & Behavior 38(4) 357-366.

2010

Kraemer, S.M. and Mosler, H.-J. (2010). Persuasion factors influencing the decision to use sustainable household water treatment. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 20: 1, 61-79

Larsen,T.A.; Maurer,M.; Eggen,R.I.L.; Pronk,W.; Lienert,J. (2010). Decision support in urban water management based on generic scenarios: The example of NoMix technology. Journal of Environmental Management. Vol. 91, no. 12, pp. 2676-2687.

Lienert,J.; Larsen,T.A. (2010). High acceptance of urine source separation in seven European Countries: A review. Environmental Science and Technology. Vol. 44, No.2, pp.556-566.

Maurer, M., Wolfram, M. and Herlyn A. (2010). Factors affecting economies of scale in combined sewer systems. Wat. Sci. Techn., 62(1), 36-41

Mosler, H.-J., Blöchliger, O. R., Inauen, J. (2010). Personal, social, and situational factors influencing the consumption of drinking water from arsenic-safe deep tubewells in Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Management, 91, 1316–1323.

Ronteltap, M., Maurer, M., Hausherr, R. and Gujer, W. (2010). Struvite precipitation from urine ‐ influencing factors on particle size. Water Reserach 44(6), 2038-2046.

Rufener, S., Maeusezahl, D., Mosler, H.-J., and Weingartner, R. (2010). Drinking water quality between source and point-of-consumption – drinking cups as a high potential recontamination risk: A field study in Bolivia. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 28 (1), 34-41.

Truffer, B., Störmer, D., Maurer, M., Ruef, A. (2010). Local Strategic Planning Processes and Sustainability Transitions in Infrastructure Sectors. Environmental Policy and Governance. 20, 258-269.

2009 - 2000

Larsen, T. A., Alder, A. C., Eggen, R. I.L., Maurer, M., Lienert, J. (2009). Source separation and decentralization: Will we see a paradigm shift in wastewater treatment? Environmental Science and Technology, 43, 6121–6125.

Maurer, M. (2009). Specific net present value: An improved method for assessing modularisation costs in water services with growing demand. Water Research, 43(8),2121-2130

Störmer, E., Truffer, B., Dominguez, D., Gujer, W., Herlyn, A., Hiessl, H., Kastenholz, Klinke, A., H., Markard, J., Maurer, M., Ruef, A., (2009). The Exploratory Analysis of Trade-Offs in Strategic Planning. Lessons from Regional Infrastructure Foresight. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 76, 1150-1162.

Tamas, A., Tobias, R., & Mosler, H.-J. (2009). Promotion of solar water disinfection: Comparing the effectiveness of different strategies in a longitudinal field study in Bolivia. Health Communication, 24(8), 711–722.

Altherr, A.M., Mosler, H.-J., Tobias, R., Butera, F. (2008) Attitudinal and relational factors predicting the use of solar water disinfection: A field study in Nicaragua. Health Education & Behavior, 35:207-220

Borsuk, M. E., Maurer,M., Lienert, J., Larsen, T.A. (2008). Charting a Path for Innovative Toilet Technology Using Multicriteria Decision Analysis. Environmental Science & Technology 42(6): 1855-1862.

Graf, J., Meierhofer, R., Wegelin M., & Mosler H.-J. (2008). Water disinfection and hygiene behaviour in an urban slum in Kenya: impact on childhood diarrhoea and influence of beliefs. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 18 (5), 335-355.

Heri, S. & Mosler, H.-J. (2008). Factors Affecting the Diffusion of Solar Water Disinfection: A Field Study in Bolivia. Health Education & Behavior, 35(4), 541-560.

Larsen, T.A., Maurer,M., Udert, K.M., Lienert, J. (2007) Nutrient cycles and resource management: implications for the choice of wastewater treatment technology. Water Science and Technology 56(5): 229-23

Moser, S. & Mosler, H.-J. (2008). Differences in influence patterns between groups predicting the adoption of a solar disinfection technology for drinking water in Bolivia. Social Science & Medicine, 67, 497-504.

Murinda, S., & Kraemer, S. M. (2008). The potential of solar water disinfection as a household water treatment method in peri-urban Zimbabwe. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 33 (8-13), 2008, 829-832.

Ronteltap, M., Maurer, M. and Gujer, W., (2007). The behaviour of pharmaceuticals and heavy metals during struvite precipitation in urine. Water Research 41(9), 1859 – 1868

Ronteltap, M., Maurer, M. and Gujer, W., (2007). Struvite precipitation thermodynamics in source-separated urine. Water Research, 41(5), 977 – 984.

Escher, B. I., Pronk, W., Suter, M. J.-F., Maurer, M., (2006). Monitoring the removal efficiency of pharmaceuticals and hormones in different treatment processes of source-separated urine with bioassays. Environmental Science & Technology, 40(16), 5095-5101.

Lienert, J., Monstadt, J., Truffer, B. (2006). Future Scenarios for a sustainable water sector. A case study from Switzerland. Environmental Science and Technology. 40, 436-442..

Markard, J., Truffer, B. (2006). Innovation processes in large technical systems: Market liberalization as a driver for radical change? Research Policy. 35, 609-625.

Maurer, M., Pronk, W. and Larsen, T.A., (2006). Treatment processes for source separated urine. Water Research, 40(17), 3151-3166.

Maurer, M., Rothenberger D. and Larsen, T.A., 2006. Decentralised wastewater treatment technologies: At what cost are they competitive? Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 5(6), 145–154.

Wilsenach J.A., Maurer M., Larsen T.A. and Van Loosdrecht M.C.M. 2003. From waste treatment to integrated resource management. Water Science and Technology, 48(1): 1-9.

Maurer M., Schwegler P and Larsen T.A. 2003. Nutrients in urine: energetic aspects of removal and recovery. Water Science and Technology, 48(1): 37-46.

Larsen, T. A., Peters, I., Alder, A., Eggen, R., Maurer, M. and Muncke, J. 2001. Re-engineering the toilet for sustainable wastewater management. - Environmental Science & Technology 35(9): 192A-197A.